Activity Overview

Rheum2Learn 2.0 is case-based fundamental clinical rheumatology education for residents. Each interactive activity includes three patient cases that focus on the care and assessment of individuals with rheumatologic diseases.

In this activity, learn how to recognize the clinical presentations, interpret test results, list differential diagnosis, and enumerate treatment options for patients with infectious arthritis. The following conditions are included: parvovirus, Lyme disease, monoarthritis, monoarticular arthritis, and septic arthritis.

Rheum2Learn 2.0 Series

This activity is part of a series. See the other activities in the series below.

• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Crystalline Arthritis
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Inflammatory Myopathies
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Musculoskeletal Examination
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Osteoporosis
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Osteoarthritis
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Pediatric Rheumatology
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Rheumatic Manifestations of Systemic Disease
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Sjögren’s Disease
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Systemic Sclerosis
• Rheum2Learn 2.0: Systemic Vasculitis

Target Audience

Residents in training who may provide care for patients with rheumatic diagnoses in primary care, inpatient, critical care, and other clinical contexts.

The activity may also be of interest to medical students, fellows in training, advanced practice providers, practicing physicians, and other health care professionals who seek to strengthen their clinical knowledge of rheumatic diseases.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe the clinical manifestations of parvovirus infections in adults
• Summarize laboratory data abnormalities that can be seen in parvovirus infections
• Review potential infectious and rheumatologic musculoskeletal diseases with similar presentations
• Identify the treatment for acute parvovirus infections in adults
• Understand epidemiology and transmission of Lyme disease
• Identify clinical stages of Lyme disease
• Diagnose Lyme disease
• Develop a treatment plan for patients with Lyme disease and arthritis
• Prevent post-Lyme sequelae
• Review potential etiologies for an acute mono-arthritis
• Describe the key steps in the workup of an acutely inflamed joint
• Summarize and prioritize the initial treatment strategies for a septic joint

CE & MOC Information

This activity is not eligible for CME/MOC.

Acknowledgement of Commercial Support

No commercial support was provided for this activity.

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